/*
 * Copyright 2012-2013 Ray Holder
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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 */

package com.github.rholder.retry;

/**
 * A strategy used to decide if a retryer must stop retrying after a failed attempt or not.
 * @author JB
 */
public interface StopStrategy {

    /**
     * Returns <code>true</code> if the retryer should stop retrying.
     * @param previousAttemptNumber the number of the previous attempt (starting from 1)
     * @param delaySinceFirstAttemptInMillis the delay since the start of the first attempt,
     * in milliseconds
     * @return <code>true</code> if the retryer must stop, <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    boolean shouldStop(int previousAttemptNumber,
                       long delaySinceFirstAttemptInMillis);
}
